1.   Although the second method sounds like it gives twice the cover, it is far from twice as expensive.

2.   Even if they keep within budget, nuclear plants are at least twice as expensive to build as coal stations.

3.   It can be just as long, just as expensive as a real lawsuit, sometimes worse.

4.   That would tell you the politicians are about to vote on something that would be twice as expensive as the alternative.

5.   This is expensive, but not as expensive as piddling around.

6.   Choice beef is not as expensive as prime beef.

7.   He revealed figures showing it is almost twice as expensive to house a family in bed and breakfast accommodation than it is to build a family home.

8.   Analysts say broadband, although roughly twice as expensive as Internet access through a traditional modem, will prove irresistible to most users.

9.   And in a city where street-parking is scarce and garage-spots as expensive as studio apartments, taxicabs are much more liberating.

10.   And while the price of supermarket coffee has also fallen,a cup of gourmet brew at the coffee bar is as expensive as ever.